Where does “nimis” come from?

nimis (Interlingua) comes from Latin nimis, from Latin ne-, from Indo-European *né.

nimis (Interlingua): too, too much

Definitions

  1. too, too much

Ancestry of “nimis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnimistoo, too much, excessively
2Latinne-absolutely negates the principal meaning
3Indo-European*né—
Every word from Indo-European *né →Every word from Latin ne- →Every word from Latin nimis →